Gesture Drawing...

Remember, it's easy to tighten up a loose drawing, hard to bring back that loose feel into a tight drawing...

Alexi Worth from Visual & Critical Studies on Vimeo.

Very interesting lecture on the perception of realism in figure painting...and other things...

John Raynes Figure Drawing Demo

It's always good to review the basics, and John Raynes is definitely more qualified than most.  He has a book from 2007 called "Complete Anatomy and Figure Drawing" which I found so clear and useful, I bought myself a copy.  I believe you might find a copy at O'Mahoney's if you're in Limerick.

Watch David Downtown Draw...

Interesting process, eh?

Notice how he does a basic exploratory drawing first, then a fancy shmancy tracing on top.  Very cool.

Free Life Drawing on Friday 23rd

http://www.culturenight.ie/2011/08/limerick/

Portrait Workshop

Snaps from the portrait evening last Wednesday. Great fun!

Drawings and woodcuts

Thought i'd include some woodcuts I have been working on just for something different. A few more drawings to post yet :-)

Back Studies, etc...Mark

5 minute studies

From April 20- Mark

The Flowering Seed

And some more....

Selection from the last few sessions....

Anais' drawings.

Anais' drawings.

Anais' drawings

using oil crayons

Ever get stuck with the details?

Check out this post from James Gurney's blog...Basically making the point about the danger of going into detailed contour drawing before setting up the big shapes.  Very cool.

It's extremely easy to lose sense of proportion and alignment when focusing on the wee details...I find myself doing it all the time, especially with faces!